How to install Python on Windows 10

In this article I will show you how to install Python on Windows 10 system. Python is a powerful high level programming language. It is very easy to learn due to it’s English language like structure. And it is highly used in the fields like machine learning, data science, web server scripting language and so on.

Lets get started

1. Download Python installer 

Go to google.com and search for download python and open the download page of Python's official website.

Download the latest version of Python for Windows.

2. Starting Python installation

When Python installer is downloaded, click it to run the python installer.

Python installation process is started on your system now. See in below screenshot.

Tick the checkbox on Add Python 3.9 to PATH. This will add Python to your Windows system path environment variables.

Click on Customize installation to select different options of Python installation process.

If you go with Install Now option, Python will be installed on your Windows system properly. But only the user who is installing will be able to use this python on this system. This python installation will not be available to other user accounts on this system. This is good choice if you have a single user account on your system.

But say this is your college or institute system, or your home system, used by more than one user accounts, then you must choose Customize installation option.

Now you will be on new installation window as shown below, click on the Next button.

3. Setting advanced option of Python installation

Now you are in the new window with Advanced Options. Observe all of the advanced installation options carefully.

Here tick on Install for all users checkbox. And then click on Install button.

Note:- The install location path has changed to C:\Program Files\Python39, after you tick on Install for all users.

Here I am using the Python 64 bit installer as my Windows 10 OS is 64 bit, if you are installing 32 bit python installer the install location would be C:\Program Files (x86) .

Python installation started copying files now.

You can click on Disable path lenght limit to increase MAX_PATH limitation.

And here, Python installation is compete.

4. Starting Python Idle

Python is installed on your system properly. Python has it’s own IDE called IDLE, it is a very simple and lightweight ide. Let's open Python IDLE on Windows 10 system.

Type for idle in applications search box and ‘IDLE’ will be shown, just click it to open.

And this is the Python IDLE interface, and you are now ready to program with Python.

Conclusion

In this way we have seen how to install Python on Windows 10 system.

We have downloaded Python's latest version form Python.org, after that installed it in customized way, so that all the users on the Windows 10 system can program using python programming language.

If you are a single user on your Windows 10 system. Then go with simple method by using Install Now tab on the first installation window and then clicking next next button in the Python installation process.